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30 and the counterfeit wills, and ended with, "You must steal the real will and put this counterfeit will in its place. You go freely about our house. You are clever, and can easily accomplish it. Will you do it for me?"

Rohini shuddered. "Theft!' If I were to be torn in pieces I could not do it."

Hara.  "Just like women—worthless things! a mass of words only. I understand now that never in this world will you repay that debt."

Rohini.  "Anything else you bid me I will do. Tell me to die and I will. But that treacherous deed I cannot do."

Hara Lâl, unable to persuade Rohini, offered her the notes for Rs. 1,000, saying, "Take this money as your reward beforehand. You must do the thing."

Rohini would not take the notes. "I was not looking for money," she said. "If you gave me the whole of your father's possessions I could not do it. If it were possible I would have done it simply at your bidding."

Hara Lâl sighed deeply. "I thought you wished me well, Rohini. Outsiders are not like one's own people. If my wife were